different between foy vs fry
foy
English
Etymology
From Middle French foy.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
foy (countable and uncountable, plural foys)
- (obsolete, rare) Faith, allegiance.
- (obsolete) A feast given by one about to leave a place.
- 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
- To Westminster Hall in the morning with Captain Lambert, and there he did at the Dog give me and some other friends of his, his foy, he being to set sail to-day towards the Streights.
- 1661 November 25, Samuel Pepys, The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1661, 2006, Echo Library, page 124,
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French foi.
Noun
foy f (plural foys)
- faith
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
- Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.
- Lord God remove me from this torment in which these traiterous dogs are holding, to help me keep your faith.
- Saigneur Dieu oste moy de ce torment, auquel ces traitres chiens me detiennent, pour la maintenance de ta foy.
- 1532, François Rabelais, Pantagruel:
Descendants
- French: foi
Portuguese
Verb
foy
- Obsolete spelling of foi
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fry
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: fr?, IPA(key): /f?a?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
From Middle English frien, borrowed from Old French frire, from Latin fr?g? (“to roast, fry”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (phrúg?, “I roast, bake”), Sanskrit ??????? (bh?jjati, “to roast, grill, fry”), ???? (bh?g, “the crackling of fire”)
Verb
fry (third-person singular simple present fries, present participle frying, simple past and past participle fried)
- A method of cooking food.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- (intransitive) To cook in hot fat.
- (transitive) To cook (something) in hot fat.
- To be affected by extreme heat or current.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
- (chiefly US, intransitive, slang) To be executed by the electric chair.
- (transitive, informal) To destroy (something, usually electronic) with excessive heat, voltage, or current.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To suffer because of too much heat.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:cook
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- (usually in the plural, fries, chiefly Canada and US) A fried strip of potato.
- Synonyms: chip, french fry
- (Ireland, Britain) A meal of fried sausages, bacon, eggs, etc.
- Synonym: fry-up
- (colloquial, archaic) A state of excitement.
Derived terms
Related terms
- french fry
- fries
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English fry (“seed, offspring”), from Old Norse frjó (“seed, semen”), from Proto-Germanic *fraiw? (“seed, semen, offspring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)per-, *(s)prei- (“to strew, sow”). Cognate with Icelandic frjó (“pollen, seed”), Icelandic fræ (“seed”), Swedish frö (“seed, embryo, grain, germ”), Danish and Norwegian frø (“seed”), Gothic ???????????????????? (fraiw, “seed”).
Noun
fry (uncountable)
- (now chiefly Britain dialectal) Offspring; progeny; children; brood.
- Young fish; fishlings.
- (archaic) A swarm, especially of something small.
- a fry of children
- (Britain dialectal) The spawn of frogs.
Derived terms
- small fry
Translations
Etymology 3
Dialectal, of obscure origin.
Noun
fry (plural fries)
- A kind of sieve.
- A drain.
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse frýja; cognate with Norwegian fry.
Verb
fry (preterite frydd)
- (transitive) To taunt, challenge one to a fight, wrestling, a bet, etc.
- (with infinitive) To dare, have the courage.
- (imperative) As a word of challenge.
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